Mar262018

Riverdale Cast – Mad World Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

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This is the chord progression of Mad World by Riverdale Cast , Kj Apa , Lili Reinhart & Camila Mendes on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Fm Bb

[Verse 1]
Fm Ab
All around me are familiar faces
Eb Bb
Worn-out places, worn-out faces
Fm Ab
Bright and early for their daily races
Eb Bb
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Fm Ab
Their tears are filling up their glasses
Eb Bb
No expression, no expression
Fm Ab
Hide my head, I wanna drown my sorrow
Eb Bb
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

[Chorus]
Fm Bb
And I find it kind of funny
Fm
I find it kind of sad
Bb
The dreams in which I’m dying
Fm
Are the best I’ve ever had
Bb
I find it hard to tell you
Fm
I find it hard to take
Bb
When people run in circles

It’s a very, very
Fm Bb Fm Bb
Mad world, mad world

[Verse 2]
Fm Ab
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Eb Bb
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Fm Ab
And to feel the way that every child should
Eb Bb
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Fm Ab
Went to school and I was very nervous
Eb Bb
No one knew me, no one knew me
Fm Ab
Hello, teacher, tell me what’s my lesson
Eb Bb
Look right through me, look right through me

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How to play Mad World: key, chords and progression

To play Mad World by Riverdale Cast, think in E♭ major (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭). It takes 4 chords: Fm, Bb, Ab and Eb.

Most of the song cycles through Bb – Fm – Ab – Eb (V – ii – IV – I in E♭ major). In solfa, that is soh – reh – fah – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes Em, A, G, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.